Comments: It is with a sad and heavy heart that I must let you know that Dave Findlay passed away yesterday afternoon Dec 2, 2008. Please rememeber Jackie and the Findlay Family in your prayers.
Added: December 3, 2008
Submitted by Name: karl matthews From: vancouver b.c. E-mail: karljm@shaw.ca
Comments: i lived in shilo from 1968-1971 grades 8 through 10. hello everyone
Comments: i was a shilo brat in 91-96..my father CWO HAROLD WAYNE SHOEMAKER was there earlier in the late 60's early 70's im guessing.My father has since passed away and would like to inform all people who knew him..the one thing i know for sure that dad missed from the military was his friends.If you knew him please respond with any memory you might have of him WOULD LOVE TO KNOW!!
Comments: Hey! just found this site and it rocks!! I could hardly keep up with all the memories. I would love to hear from anyone at all from Shilo. I was there for grade 9 and 10. Mr. Simmons and Mr Bohonos were my home room teachers. Remember "The Action"? Bruce and Brian Howies band? Romantic nights behind Frontenac, until the wind changed and brought in the pig farm!
Comments: I vote for Ivan, for all the reasons Errol mentioned.
Added: November 15, 2008
Submitted by Name: danny turner From: Edmonton E-mail: dannyb@telus.net
Comments: shilo
Added: November 14, 2008
Submitted by Name: Laurie
Comments: SKINKVOTE: SHILO (because what if its a girl skink, lol)
Added: November 14, 2008
Submitted by Name: ShiloBrats From: Skink vote
Comments: And then there were two…Errol has put a lot of thought into an appropriate name for our mascot and responds:
This was a very good idea and the names submitted were excellent. I’ve thought about those names a lot and have come down to two choices and would like to see, as Ken suggested, a short list vote-off. The two names I have picked for a vote-off are Ivan and Shilo. The reason’s for this are as follows;
IVAN – I feel Ivan Traill was/is one of the great educators that any school could have been blessed with having on their staff. It was Ivan that supported my early work on the skink and it was through him that I was introduced to pre-eminent zoologists that further supported my work. He was my greatest mentor and I deeply admire the quality of a man that he is, he impacted so many young students lives. Even today he continues to impart his knowledge and wisdom that speaks to people of all ages.
SHILO - The Shilo military training ranges are where this endangered species is most abundant and most secure. Few people know how much DND has contributed to saving not only the skink but many other species of plants and animals. It is a very interesting story and one I have often talked about at conferences and presentations in the past along with mentioning, in my reports, how DND has been an incredible custodian of a very special place, the ranges. Most of the soldiers training at CFB Shilo are well aware of the skink and other significant species present on the ranges. When I was checking in at Range Control on a very regular basis it always intrigued me just how interested they were with skinks, snakes, and assorted other critters found out on the ranges. I drank a lot of really bad coffee while spending quite a few hours with them just chatting about how incredible the Shilo area really is.
Thank you Bill Gillespie and Al Russell who were the first to suggest those names, you will both be winners of our surprise prize to be announced along with the winning name in the next posting of What’s New
The Vote-off (which will become famously known as the Skink Vote) will start now and end midnight pacific time Sunday, Nov. 16. There will be 2 ways to vote, publicly in the Guestbook or use the Contact form at the bottom of the side menu, so as not to clog up the Guestbook too much, and the true favourite won’t be known before posting. Errol is happy with either name, what would your choice be.
Added: November 13, 2008
Submitted by Name: ShiloBrats
Comments: Thanks for the great response, wonderful name suggestions and support for ShiloBrats new mascot, but as the Highlander says, ‘There can be only one!’ …maybe we should call it Highlander…oops ..too late!
If the decision proves difficult, a short list and vote off may occur, but that will be up to judge Errol Bredin. The chosen name will be announced in the next What’s New, along with a surprise prize for the contributor.
Name: Janet Hughes
From: Mt. Elgin, ON
E-mail: jlhughes@allstream.net
It is with a sad and heavy heart that I must let you know that Dave Findlay passed away yesterday afternoon Dec 2, 2008. Please rememeber Jackie and the Findlay Family in your prayers.